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Example sentences for "capital letter"

  • Every new sentence, following a period, exclamation mark, or interrogation point, must begin with a capital letter.

  • Every proper name, whether it be of a person, a place, or an object, must begin with a capital letter.

  • Quotations, even though they are not immediately preceded by a period, must invariably begin with a capital letter.

  • Respect everything that commences with a capital letter!

  • Let us through life endeavor to personify the virtues, and always begin 'em with a capital letter.

  • They are things that commence with a capital letter," said the Boy promptly.

  • Do not forget that the word I is always written as a capital letter.

  • Every line of the poem begins with a capital letter.

  • Does the sentence begin with a capital letter?

  • Illustration: STONE AX] Do not forget that the name of every month begins with a capital letter.

  • I particularly mention this, because it is engraved with a capital letter, signifying a high island, in D'Urville and Lottin's chart.

  • We believe that if "false" is written with a capital letter, thus making a new sentence, the dash should be followed by the space that is used to separate sentences.

  • When within a sentence the enclosed matter does not begin with a capital letter, even though a full sentence, unless the first word is a proper noun; nor does it take a period at its end.

  • As such it is separated from the preceding sentence by the space usually put between sentences; it begins with a capital letter; and the proper end-mark is put within the parentheses, with no mark following outside.

  • This of course requires that "false" begin with a capital letter, the word being the first word in a new sentence.

  • A proper adjective should begin with a capital letter; as, We speak the English language.

  • The first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital letter; as, If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight.

  • The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter.

  • A proper noun should begin with a capital letter; as, Toronto is in Ontario.

  • The first word of every entire sentence should begin with a capital letter.

  • Every proper or individual name must begin with a capital letter+.

  • An Adjective derived from a proper noun must begin with a capital letter+.

  • The first word of every sentence must begin with a capital letter+.

  • Of the word Toronto, he may note much the same except that it names a place; of the word desk, he may note especially that it is used to name a thing and is written without a capital letter.

  • The first word of every direct quotation begins with a capital letter.

  • Those who would get a clear idea of the battle of Waterloo have only to lay down upon the ground in their mind a capital letter A.

  • Is it the custom to use a capital letter in such a case?

  • All names of Deity begin with a capital letter.

  • As a matter of fact, there is no particular virtue in having that pause, and the next line need not begin with a capital letter, and should be continued as of the same line.

  • The lovers of blank verse imagine, however, that its beauty is partly derived from the existence of a pause at the end of the fifth foot and because the next line begins with a capital letter.

  • To us moderns there is something of a distortion in chopping up good prose into lines of five feet, each beginning with a capital letter.

  • Mother is getting very fussy, and all sorts of strange women come to the house and talk about some society for dealing with Life with a capital letter.

  • I really think life is rather exciting--unless it's spelt with a capital letter.

  • Proper nouns begin with a capital letter; common nouns usually begin with a small letter.

  • A proper noun used as an adjective, or an adjective derived from a proper noun, is called a +proper adjective+ and usually begins with a capital letter.

  • The name of anything personified is regarded as a proper noun and is usually written with a capital letter.

  • A direct quotation+ begins with a +capital letter+, unless it is a fragment of a sentence.

  • Henry Harper, his vibrant sensibilities still astretch from an afternoon of stylists, perceived at once that this was a lady with more or less of a capital letter.

  • A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts.

  • They are things that commence with a capital letter," said the Boy, promptly.

  • Write the names of the days of the week and the months of the year, beginning each with a capital letter; and write the names of the seasons without capital letters.

  • Remember+ that, when a class name and a distinguishing word combine to make one individual name, each word begins with a capital letter; as, Jersey City.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "capital letter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    capital account; capital city; capital crime; capital district; capital fellow; capital goods; capital invested; capital letters; capital offence; capital punishment; capital stock; capitalist production; capitalist society; comes about; completely destroyed; cups brown; foreign ports; little awkward; missionary labor; much more; once proceeded; practical philosophy; short prayer; studied theology; three table; vide post